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Samuel Adams Boston Lager

Samuel Adams Boston Lager - Premium Lager

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 Percentile 
66
overall
Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Premium Lager

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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25873.2/5.03.2/5.04.9%96.3Lager glass
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Commercial Description:
Samuel Adams Boston Lager® is the best example of the fundamental characteristics of a great beer, offering a full, rich flavor that is both balanced and complex. It is brewed using a decoction mash, a time consuming, traditional four vessel brewing process discarded by many contemporary brewers. This process brings forth a rich sweetness from the malt that makes it well worth the effort. Samuel Adams Boston Lager® also uses only the finest of ingredients including two row barley, as well as German Noble aroma hops. The exclusive use of two row barley not only imparts a full, smooth body but also gives the beer a wide spectrum of malt flavor ranging from slightly sweet to caramel to slightly roasted. The Noble hops varieties, Hallertau Mittelfruh and Tettnang Tettnanger, add a wide range of floral, piney and citrus notes, which are present from the aroma, through the flavor, to the lingering smooth finish. We take great pride in the Noble hops used in our beers. They are hand selected by Jim Koch and our other brewers from the world's oldest hops growing area. Among the world's most expensive, they cost twenty times as much as other hops.
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 scooterbub (332), Lander, Wyoming, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 2, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a golden-brown with a decent off white head that lasts. Taste is of caramel, malt and hops. A little sweet, but well balanced and has a good mouthfeel. Aroma is much the same. Overall, this is a pretty good beer for the price and is rather enjoyable. Worth having again.


Sleeper (76), Washington, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 1, 2008  
I can’t add much more than the previous 2300 posts, but this is an alright beer. I’ll drink this over Bud Light or Coors any day. It’s a commonly found beer that isn’t piss.


 fakepurseninja (772), Washington, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Oct 31, 2008  
On-tap - Samuel Adams booth, Epcot Food & Wine Festival, Walt Disney World, FL. Light cracker malt backbone with some floral notes and a somewhat spicy component. Some slight peppery notes as well. Probably the best drink you can get on a Disney park.
Earlier Rating: 12/27/2007 Total Score: 3.1
Decent go-to beer. Good light toasted malt backbone, some floral hop notes, obviously a tad thin but what do you expect.


 arondee (173), Tucson, Arizona, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 28, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours a light copper color with a decent white foamy head. Smell is caramel and sweet. Taste is caramel and malty. Mildly sweet. Not a great beer but one of the better from Sam Adams.


 PaulHegedus (458), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/511/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Bottle. I imagine this is what Pawtucket Patriot Ale was modelled on. Pours golden with a foamy white head. Aroma of pine in the hops. Tastes a bit sweet with caramel in the malt. Slightly bitter finish.


 basewars (144), Albany, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Bottle. Pours amber with thin white head. Aroma is floral hoppiness with a balance of malt. Flavor is mildly sweet with a bitter finish. Overall a good beer, but, like most Sam Adams products, not a great example.


 terrybail (330), London, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 28, 2008  
12oz bottle from the LCBO Very good for a Lager Will have to try this one again


sward84 (24), Burke, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/57/104/515/20
Oct 28, 2008    Updated: Sep 3, 2009
This beer had to grow on me. When I first has this...I hated it....but after a few more attempts at it...I have grown to love this beer...and has become one of my favs.....great aroma....bold smooth flavor...nice creamy head...I have yet to have a Sam Adams beer that I didn’t like



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